HR9592-118

Passed House

To amend title 44, United States Code, to modernize the Federal Register, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 16, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title 44, United States Code, to modernize the Federal Register, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Technology, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HAAB0F77753C84DBBA0689DD673A5A2D1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Register Modernization Act of 2024.
  • Section H126040A48D1B4A41BF50C6FCA54B78D6: 2. Federal Register modernization Chapter 15 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— in section 1502— in the heading, by striking printing and inserting...
  • Section H1616421C82ED426E8FF49B548DE85883: 1503. Filing documents with Office; notation of time; public inspection; transmission for publishing The original document required or authorized to be...
  • Section HD255CEADF8E84617BD12636109C1098A: 1504. Federal Register; publishing; contents; distribution; price; physical copies Documents required or authorized to be published by section 1505 shall be...
  • Section H4179123737DD4BCC835E3627E189B49B: 1510. Code of Federal Regulations The Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, with the approval of the President or their designee, may require, from...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title 44, United States Code, to modernize the Federal Register, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Technology, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend title 44, United States Code, to modernize the Federal Register, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Technology Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 17, 2024

Reported by Mr. Peters, without amendment

Nov 13, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland …

Sep 16, 2024

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Connolly) introduced …

Sep 16, 2024 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
24 mentions across 12 clauses
+9 positive -12 negative ?3 uncertain

Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, Federal agencies, Federal agencies submitting documents

Office of the Federal Register faces effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, Federal agencies submitting documents

Negative-direction: Federal agencies, Government Publishing Office, National Archives and Records Administration

General Public
6 mentions across 6 clauses
+6 positive

General public

General Industry
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Regulated industries

Professional Services
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Legal practitioners

5/5
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Technology Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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